{"id":2050305,"date":"2023-09-29T21:33:03","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T01:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-unveils-stopgap-bill-to-fund-government\/"},"modified":"2023-09-29T21:36:09","modified_gmt":"2023-09-30T01:36:09","slug":"house-unveils-stopgap-bill-to-fund-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-unveils-stopgap-bill-to-fund-government\/","title":{"rendered":"House introduces bill to fund government temporarily"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-unveils-stopgap-bill-to-fund-government%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2050305&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><blockquote>\n<h2>House of Representatives Unveils Month-Long Continuing\u2062 Resolution to Fund Government<\/h2>\n<p>Just two days before the U.S. \u2063government shuts\u2064 down, the\u2062 House of Representatives\u2063 has unveiled\u2064 and is \u2062scheduled to vote on a\u2063 month-long continuing resolution \u200d(CR) to fund the government.<\/p>\n<p>The 165-page bill, called the &#8220;Continuing Appropriations\u2063 and\u2062 Border Security Enhancement Act, 2024,&#8221; was \u2064released on \u2062Sept. 29 \u2064and\u200b would reduce funding by almost 8.13 percent \u200dfor almost all \u200b12 appropriations\u2014bringing the \u2063total\u2063 amount to $1.59 trillion. It \u2062would run through Oct. 31.<\/p>\n<p>These\u2064 appropriations are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Agriculture-Food and Drug Administration<\/li>\n<li>Commerce, Justice, Science, \u2062and Related Agencies<\/li>\n<li>Department of Defense<\/li>\n<li>Energy\u2063 and Water\u2064 Development and Related Agencies<\/li>\n<li>Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act<\/li>\n<li>Department of Homeland Security<\/li>\n<li>Department of the Interior, Environment, \u2062and Related Agencies<\/li>\n<li>Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, \u200dand \u200dEducation, and \u200bRelated Agencies<\/li>\n<li>Legislative \u2062branch<\/li>\n<li>Military\u2063 Construction-Veterans Affairs and \u200dRelated Agencies<\/li>\n<li>Department of State, Foreign Operations, \u200band Related Programs<\/li>\n<li>Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, \u200cand Related Agencies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"shortcode\"><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\" id=\"in_article_related_stories\">\n<h2 class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related\u200b Stories<\/h2>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/former-senate-budget-chief-economist-says-two-year-appropriations-process-could-end-cycle-of-spending-crises-5498788?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/p>\n<h3>Former \u200dSenate Budget Chief \u200dEconomist Says \u200bTwo-Year Appropriations Process\u2064 Could End Cycle \u2062of Spending Crises<\/h3>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/27\/2023<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/former-senate-budget-chief-economist-says-two-year-appropriations-process-could-end-cycle-of-spending-crises-5498788?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/house-advances-4-spending-bills-as-mccarthy-vows-funding-stopgap-to-avert-shutdown-5498645?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/p>\n<h3>House Advances 4 Spending Bills as McCarthy Vows Funding\u2064 Stopgap to Avert Shutdown<\/h3>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/26\/2023<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/house-advances-4-spending-bills-as-mccarthy-vows-funding-stopgap-to-avert-shutdown-5498645?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><\/div>\n<p>The only ones \u2062that would be exempt from the almost 8.13 percent cut would be the \u200bDefense Department, Veterans\u200c Affairs Department, and\u200d disaster\u2063 relief.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-unveils-stopgap-bill-to-fund-government\/\" title=\"House introduces bill to fund government temporarily\">legislation \u200cincludes border\u2062 security \u2063measures<\/a> such as resuming \u2062border wall construction, which President\u2064 Joe\u200d Biden paused on Jan. 20, 2021\u2014the day he took office in what was a \u200drepudiation of his predecessor\u2062 Donald Trump&#8217;s \u2062hardline \u200bborder and \u2064immigration policies.<\/p>\n<p>The CR \u200ddoes not include\u200b funding for Ukraine amid its\u200d war with Russia. On Sept. 28, \u200c117 Republicans voted against Ukraine aid, while 101 Republicans joined all 210 Democrats \u2063to pass a bill that would provide $300 million in assistance to the Eastern European country.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate has been considering its own CR, \u200bwhich would fund the government for another 45 days.<\/p>\n<p>The White House \u2063said that President Biden would veto the House \u2064CR.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hours \u2062before a Government \u2063shutdown, House Republicans\u2062 are\u200c playing partisan games instead of working in a bipartisan manner to \u2063fund the Government and address emergency needs,&#8221; said the Office of Management\u200b and Budget (OMB).<\/p>\n<p>OMB also said that \u2064the \u200cCR would create &#8220;unnecessary delays for travelers by underfunding the Federal Aviation Administration; <strong>loss of access to nutritious food \u200bfor pregnant\u200c and\u2063 postpartum women and children by underfunding the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children; and\u200d deterioration in \u200cservice for the over 71 million Americans who rely on the income support Social Security programs provide.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">OMB called the bill a \u2064&#8221;blatant violation&#8221; of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/debt-ceiling-deal-will-trim-national-debt-by-1-5-trillion-by-2033-cbo-5324014\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">debt ceiling deal<\/a> \u200b reached between \u2062President\u200b Biden and House Speaker Kevin\u2063 McCarthy (R-Calif.). OMB also\u200c called the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-bidens-border-crisis-wont-stop-until-we-fix-the-system-republicans-arent-doing-anything\/\" title=\"Psaki: Biden\u2019s Border Crisis Won\u2019t Stop \u2018Until We Fix The System,\u2019 Republicans Aren\u2019t Doing Anything\">border security provisions<\/a> &#8220;harmful&#8221; and &#8220;partisan.&#8221;<\/div>\n<p>Finally, OMB called on \u200d&#8221;House Republicans to \u200bfollow the\u2064 Senate\u2019s\u2064 lead and engage\u200b in a bipartisan appropriations process that funds\u200b the Federal Government in\u2062 a responsible manner, consistent \u2064with the bipartisan agreement earlier \u2062this year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Even \u200bif the House \u200dCR \u2062were to pass the \u200blower congressional chamber, which is far from guaranteed, it\u2062 would likely be dead on\u200d arrival in the Senate.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> Which\u2064 government agencies and programs will \u200dreceive funding\u2063 support from the \u200bbill, and what is the significance\u200b of this support?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u2063 Ies. The\u2062 bill also allocates funding for additional personnel\u2064 at the \u2061border, increased \u2062technology, and enhanced surveillance. These measures aim to address the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-lawmakers-condemn-biden-admin-over-border-crisis\/\" title=\"GOP lawmakers condemn Biden admin. over border crisis\">ongoing border crisis<\/a>\u2064 and \u2063ensure the security\u2063 of the \u200cnation&#8217;s borders.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to border security\u2063 \u200cmeasures, the bill includes funding for various government agencies and \u2064programs. It \u2062provides\u2062 support for agriculture, \u200dfood\u200d and drug administration, commerce, \u2062justice, science, and related agencies, energy\u200d and \u2064water development, financial services and general government appropriations, homeland \u2062security, the department of the interior, environment, and related agencies, and several others.<\/p>\n<p>The month-long continuing resolution\u2063 is a short-term funding\u2062 solution that\u2063 will allow\u200b the government to continue operating while the House and Senate work on passing the regular appropriations\u200d \u200dbills for the fiscal year. This temporary funding measure has become \u2064a common practice\u2062 in recent years due \u2064to the failure of Congress to pass the necessary appropriations\u200d bills on time.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200d decision to reduce funding for\u2064 almost all appropriations\u2063 by 8.13 percent \u200dreflects\u200c the need to address\u2064 the nation&#8217;s growing\u200d debt and\u200b the prioritization of \u2064certain government functions over others. While some agencies and programs will face reductions in their budgets,\u2063 others, such \u200das defense, veterans\u200c affairs, and disaster relief, will \u200bbe exempt from these\u200d cuts.<\/p>\n<p>It is crucial for the House of Representatives to\u2063 pass \u200bthis continuing resolution\u2063 and \u200bfor the \u200dSenate to follow\u2064 suit to ensure \u2064that the government remains funded and operational. Without a new funding measure in place, \u200cthe government would be forced to shut down,\u200b resulting in the suspension of various government functions and\u2064 services.<\/p>\n<p>The unveiling of the month-long continuing resolution\u2063 comes at a \u200bcritical \u200btime as the deadline\u200c to fund the government approaches. It serves as a temporary solution to keep the government running while members\u200c of Congress work to pass the\u200d regular appropriations\u200d bills.<\/p>\n<p>It is \u2063important \u2063for both parties in Congress \u2062to prioritize \u2063the needs of the American people and set aside political differences to ensure the timely passage\u2062 of necessary funding measures. The month-long continuing resolution\u2060\u2014if approved by both\u200b the House and Senate\u2060\u2014will provide the \u200bnecessary funds to keep the government \u2064operational while lawmakers work on\u2062 long-term appropriations\u200d bills.<\/p>\n<p>Funding the government and ensuring its continued operation is a fundamental responsibility of Congress. It is essential for lawmakers to work together and reach \u200cbipartisan agreements to address the nation&#8217;s fiscal challenges\u200c and provide adequate \u200dfunding for government agencies and programs.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the House of Representatives has unveiled a month-long continuing\u2063 resolution\u2063 that aims to fund the government and address \u200dborder security\u2063 measures. The bill includes \u2064funding for various\u2062 government agencies and programs while reducing funding for almost all appropriations\u2063 by 8.13 percent. It is vital for Congress to pass this funding measure to avoid a \u2062government shutdown and ensure the\u200c continued operation of essential government\u2063 functions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House of Representatives plans to vote on a month-long continuing resolution (CR) called the &#8220;Continuing Appropriations and Border Security Enhancement Act, 2024.&#8221; Released on Sept. 29, the 165-page bill aims to reduce government funding by nearly 8.13% just two days before a potential shutdown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1797,"featured_media":2050306,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2050305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2050305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1797"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2050305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2050305\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2050306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2050305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2050305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2050305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}